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Can you Prepare for Nationalization? 10 Things That YOU Can Do NOW!
The following practical advice, based on Bolivian experience, could help you to establish a set of preventive/mitigating actions that you, as in-house legal advisor, should implement in order to lessen...Read more
Gastón Bilder
Legal Counsel, Total SA, France
Evolving Oil & Gas Contracts and Tax and Regulatory Risks
In light of the recent resurgence of resource nationalism and the current economic troubles, natural resources companies are once again facing substantial risks to their investments, and their returns on...Read more
Andrew Haynes
Deputy General Counsel, BG Group, UK
International Corporate Codes of Conduct: U.S. Whistleblowing and E.U. Data Privacy Laws
Companies operating internationally may face laws and regulations that, at times, appear to conflict with one another. Those companies must diligently review those laws and work to ensure compliance with...Read more
Tanya Axenson
Vice President, Human Resources, The Allegis Group, USA
The View From an International Arbitration Customer: In Dire Need of Early Resolution.jpg&w=256&q=75)
In-house lawyers live in a world where every day the practice of law directly interfaces with the operation of a business. Within this world, the focus is not just on...Read more
Roland Schroeder
In-house Counsel, General Electric Company, USA
Michael Mcilwrath
ICC Dispute Resolution Services, CEO, MDisputes, Italy
China's Environmental Legislation and Enforcement
After 30 year's fast growth of economy, China is facing unprecedented challenges brought by environmental pollution and ecology deterioration. In recent years, China's environmental legislation and enforcement are becoming core...Read more
Xie Dong
General Counsel, General Electric, China
Understanding Multinational Corporate Liability for Violations of International Law under the US Alien Tort Claims Act
Over the past 30 years, litigants in the United States have resurrected the long-dormant Alien Tort Statute (ATS) in order to bring civil lawsuits in US federal courts against multinational...Read more
Laney Vazquez
Senior Counsel, BP America Inc., USA
Public tenders and public contracts in Italy. The issues that large groups have to face when bidding/contracting with Italian awarding bodies
Italian law on public procurement has recently undergone substantial modifications with the enactment of legislative decree 163 of 12 April 2006, as subsequently, in a typical Italian style, amended, lastly...Read more
Giovanni Monterverde
Vice President Legal and Compliance MEA, Alstom Transport, France
From Sellafield to the States and back again: The journey of BNFL and the effect on its in-house legal services
This paper will discuss the development and ultimate decline of BNFL, a Government owned public limited company in the nuclear sector, and its in house legal team. It considers the...Read more
Sue Quint
Group Legal Director, Bnfl, UK
Waiting for Convergence: Global Competition Law Counseling In a Changing World
Convergence, the goal of having competition laws throughout the world "converge" on a common understanding and enforcement authority, is the holy grail...Read more
Millie Calhoun
Senior Attorney, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, BP America Inc, USA
The Role of 'Unbundling' in the Electricity Sector
The Electricity Transmission System And The Internal Market
Energy cannot be stored economically once produced. Furthermore, an electricity network is often a natural...Read more
Matteo Grassani
Legal Director of KPO BV, Shell, Trinidad And Tobago